Delhi's Women and Child Development Minister Sandeep Kumar, who was rapped by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for "misbehaving" with a school's lady principal, today denied asking the principal of a government school to inscribe his wife's name on a plaque to be put on the building.
Kumar, who also holds Social Welfare portfolio in the Kejriwal government, said he did not "misbehave with or threaten" the principal for installing the plaque without his wife's name in the school in his constituency, Sultanpuri area.
The minister's reaction came after media reports stated that he was pulled up by Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia for asking the principal to inscribe his wife's name on a plaque which was to be put up in the school during the inauguration of classrooms.
Both the CM and the Deputy CM summoned Kumar and made him to apologise to the principal on March 14 after she complained to Kejriwal and Sisodia.
"As I speak Haryanvi, if we talk in normal ways, people think we are fighting...It was wrong to say that I threatened her (school principal) for not inscribing my wife's name on plaque. It was normal talks between me and her," Kumar said.
Asked if conspiracy is being hatched against him, he said there is nothing like that and if the school principal feels good from my apology, I did the same.
"For us, teachers are the foremost as they shape our children's future. For the welfare of our children, I would like to apologise even if I was not at fault. I did not misbehave with her. It was general talks with her," Kumar said.
